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From forest bathing to urban parks: How nature helps protect our well-being during a pandemic

March 3, 2022 by Greater Good Science Center

St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, cour­tesy of Aerial.ie

Liv­ing through the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic has had a severe impact on people’s men­tal health and well-being. Restrict­ed move­ment, loss, and iso­la­tion have led to increas­es in depres­sion, anx­i­ety dis­or­ders, stress, sleep dis­or­ders, and more. The effects have been even harsh­er for teens.

How can we help pro­tect our well-being dur­ing this par­tic­u­lar­ly dif­fi­cult time? Though a pub­lic health response is def­i­nite­ly called for, one way we might try to help our­selves this year is spend­ing more time immersed in nature. In the last decade or so, research on the health ben­e­fits of nature expe­ri­ences has explod­ed, con­firm­ing what many peo­ple know intuitively—that green spaces are good for men­tal well-being, whether you’re walk­ing out­doors, look­ing at beau­ti­ful views, or even just see­ing videos of nature. [Read more…] about From for­est bathing to urban parks: How nature helps pro­tect our well-being dur­ing a pandemic

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: Covid-19 pandemic, forest bathing, mental health, nature, outdoors, psychological health, well-being

On neuroplasticity, psychedelics, forest bathing, drinking, sleep and more: The Month in Review

August 27, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Dear read­er,

It’s time for Sharp­Brains month­ly e‑newsletter explor­ing the lat­est think­ing, sci­ence and tools for life­long brain health and men­tal well-being.

Enjoy!

New research:

  • Psy­che­delics can pro­mote neur­al plas­tic­i­ty in the pre­frontal cor­tex and expand path­ways for men­tal health
  • Drink­ing up to 5–8 glass­es of wine or beer a week not seen to increase demen­tia risk (that’s the good news; bad news is that >25% of old­er peo­ple start drink­ing more than that after the age of 60)
  • Grow­ing research on the rela­tion­ship between sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Trig­ger warn­ings don’t work, may under­mine emo­tion­al resilience

New thinking:

  • New book on how “For­est Bathing” can pro­mote phys­i­cal and men­tal health
  • Meta-analy­sis finds val­ue in teach­ing the sci­ence of neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, espe­cial­ly for math achieve­ment among at-risk students
  • Quick brain teas­er to start the week off on the right foot (and mind)

New tools:

  • Brain train­ing games could be used to assess cog­ni­tive abil­i­ties, replace the Mini-Men­tal State Exam (MMSE)
  • New $30M ven­ture phil­an­thropy fund aims at rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing the diag­no­sis of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Epi­ge­net­ics research opens poten­tial door to pre­vent neu­rode­vel­op­men­tal disorders

 

Have a great month of Sep­tem­ber, and please take a moment to share this e‑newsletter with some­one who may enjoy it 🙂

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Brain-health, drinking, forest bathing, mental well being, neuroplasticity, psychedelics, sleep

New book on how “Forest Bathing” can promote physical and mental health

August 22, 2018 by Greater Good Science Center

– The Kumano Kodo trail in Japan

“Nature deficit dis­or­der” is a mod­ern afflic­tion. With more peo­ple liv­ing in cities, work­ing in high-rise office build­ings, and becom­ing addict­ed to their innu­mer­able elec­tron­ic devices, many of us are indeed expe­ri­enc­ing a nature deficit. This is true for chil­dren and adults alike.

In his new book, For­est Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Hap­pi­ness, Japan­ese med­ical doc­tor and researcher Qing Li presents some sober­ing sta­tis­tics: By 2050, accord­ing to the Unit­ed Nations Pop­u­la­tion Divi­sion, three quar­ters of the world’s peo­ple will live in cities. Even now, the aver­age Amer­i­can spends 93 per­cent of the time indoors, and [Read more…] about New book on how “For­est Bathing” can pro­mote phys­i­cal and men­tal health

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: actigraphy, actual sleep time, anger, anxiety, circadian phase, depression, electronic devices, forest bathing, forest walking, Japan, Mental-Health, Nature deficit disorder, physiological stress, Stress, therapeutic

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